XHLNC-FM
| City | Tecate, Baja California |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area |
| Branding | "XLNC1 104.9 FM" |
| Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
| First air date |
1998 as an Internet radio station February 14, 2000 on 90.7 MHz February 10, 2008 on 104.9 MHz |
| Format | Classical music |
| ERP | 7,500 watts |
| HAAT | 799 meters (2,621 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°18′49″N 116°39′53″W / 32.31361°N 116.66472°W |
| Callsign meaning | (the letters, XLNC, when spoken in English, sound like the word excellency). |
| Former callsigns | XHTNA-FM (February-August 2000) |
| Former frequencies | 90.7 FM (2000 - 2008) |
| Owner | XLNC1 (Martha Margarita Barba de la Torre) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | xlnc1 |
XHLNC-FM (identified on-air as XLNC1) is a non-commercial classical music radio station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, on 104.9 MHz. It broadcasts in English and Spanish, serving the San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area with studios in Chula Vista, California and its transmitter on Cerro Bola.
As a Mexican-licensed station, nearly all the pieces it plays are introduced in Spanish, and for listeners in the U.S., at the conclusion of each piece the information is given in English. The announcers include Kingsley McLaren, Sue Harland, Gabriela Guinea-Johnston (chief Spanish announcer) and Gordon Brown. Most of the programming is automated, with the announcers prerecording their identifications of titles, artists and composers. At midnight each day, El Himno Nacional Mexicano (The Mexican National Anthem) is played.
The station was founded by Víctor Díaz, who owned Califórmula Broadcasting, a company that controlled numerous stations in Tijuana. Upon his death in 2004, Diaz stipulated that XHLNC-FM continue with its classical format, from funding Diaz had set aside, as well as contributions from listeners. The station permit was transferred to Martha Margarita Barba de la Torre, one of Diaz's descendants.
XLNC1 began in 1998 as an internet radio project showcasing classical music. In January 2000, it transitioned into a physical radio station on 90.7 MHz upon receiving its permit.
XHLNC, which for its first six months was known as XHTNA-FM, was originally permitted to sign-on with a Class A 1,000-watt signal, broadcasting from a tower located in the Mount San Antonio area of Tijuana that had been used by other Califórmula stations. 90.7 is also the frequency for KPFK in Los Angeles, which operates at a grandfathered 110,000 watts. (Southern California is in the Class B zone, where FM stations would normally have a maximum power of 50,000 watts.) Due to KPFK's enlarged coverage area, XLNC1's signal suffered co-channel interference in many sections of San Diego County. However, due to a treaty between the US and Mexico concerning radio stations near the border, XLNC1 could not increase its coverage much north of the border. Despite this, Díaz solicited a power increase for XHLNC to 10 kW, which the SCT approved on July 14, 2003.
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